Peace Leadership: Self-Transformation to Peace

In our progressively changing environment, it is of crucial importance to deepen our understanding of peace between people and how leadership can enhance that by “leading for peace”.

This book proposes a useful framework for all leaders (including business, political leaders and peace developers) on how to attain peace between people.

The book is presented in four sections:

1. Peace leadership in perspective: Discussions on the nature and meaning of peace leadership, important building blocks for peace leadership (emotional, social and communal intelligence), and a peace leadership-in-action model (which forms the basis of the book).

2. Implementation strategies focus on lead self, lead with others and lead communities. Lead self includes: leading peace through self, others and the community, the role of wisdom and spirituality in leading self and others, and individual, social and cultural inertia preventing humanity from attaining peace. Lead others includes: leadership theories which support peace leadership, the improvement of cultural intelligence amongst peace leaders, and women’s role in peace building. Lead communities includes: peace leadership in the public and private sectors, healthcare for the vulnerable and its meaning and contribution towards peace leadership, and working from helplessness to serving the community.

3. Tools and initiatives to become a highly effective peace leader, including information and communication technological innovations for peace leaders and sport as a tool for peace building.

4. Concluding thoughts. Concluding thoughts are given, with the emphasis on what we have learned and looking ahead. This editorial book provides a significant contribution within the emerging peace leadership discipline as the international community, non-governmental organisations, and the public and private sectors struggle to formulate sustainable peace initiatives at the tribal, local and communal societal level.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Professor Ebben Van Zyl is currently Professor in the Department of Industrial Psychology (University of the Free State, South Africa). Professor van Zyl has published 48 scientific publications, 39 research projects and has presented 45 papers at national and international conferences with regard to industrial psychology and leadership related topics. He is inter alia also the editor and co-writer of the book: Leadership in the African Context (2009; 2016). He received the awards: ‘Top Performer: Research’ in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (1999 and 2015, University of the Free State) as well as: ‘Research Excellence’ from the University of the Free State (2004). His book, Leadership in the African Context, was nominated as one of the best books at the University of The Free State (2017). He also acts as a consultant for various companies in the fields of medico-legal investigations, leadership, conflict and peace management, stress measurement and management, as well as human resource management.

Dr Andrew Campbell is the Director, International Peace and Leadership Institute. In addition, Dr Campbell, as a retired senior military officer, works for the Department of Defence specialising in Counter-Terrorism and Global Security Cooperation. Dr Campbell possesses a Doctorate in Global Leadership from the Institute of Indiana Technology, Fort Wayne, IN. and a Master’s in Diplomacy in International Conflict Management from Norwich University, Northfield, VT. Dr Campbell is a recognised national and international speaker on peace leadership and has addressed the World Society of Victimology at The Hague 2012, Peace Leadership Conference 2017, International Leadership Association 2011–2018, and the European Consortium for Political Research 2015–2017. He is widely published in both national and international journals.